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Plan a new hire's first week as a day-by-day checklist

  • For Small business owners
  • You practice Giving the right context
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Beginner

About this exercise

Your new hire, Tasha, starts Monday at your landscaping company. Write a first-week checklist in plain text: five lines, one per day, in the form Mon: [ ] task - who. Use only the notes, and put the safety training on the day the notes say. Last line: Friday check-in: with the one question you will ask her.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Old training day. The AI puts safety on Thursday. Try: Say: "Safety training moved to Tuesday."
  • Wrong format. The AI uses a paragraph. Try: Say: "Format: Mon: [ ] task - who."
  • Adding truck driving. The AI adds a driving task. Try: Say: "She won't drive this week."
  • Markdown. The AI uses a table. Try: Say: "Plain text, one line per day."
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it. Try: Cap each line: "each line under 16 words."
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it. Try: Cap each part instead, for example: "each line under 12 words."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Day format
  • Five lines
  • Training day
  • Check-in question
  • Plain

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